Born in the small town of Odense, Denmark in 1805, Hans Christian Andersen's life was not easy. His father was a sickly man and his mother washed clothing for a living. His mother wasn't highly educated, but because she was superstitious, she introdu

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HEALTH REPORT-Testing for Pre-Diabetes By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: April 17, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American health experts say more people should be tested for a condit

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FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we listen to new music from pop singer Katy Perry And we answer a question about famous dancer, choreographer and teacher Isadora Duncan ... But first,

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Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called To Those Who Wait. It was written by E. M. Here is Larry West with our story. I have got my job back. Jeff Miller said to himself over and over again that morning. He had bee

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Last week we broadcast the second of our programs called A Princess of Mars. The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last week we told how John Carter was captured by a group of

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Now, the weekly Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The Wide Net. It was written by Eudora Welty. Here is Larry West with the story. William Wolas Jameson's wife Hazel was going to have a baby. But this was October and

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Our story today is called Rain Babies. It was written by Laura Cross Melment. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. An old woman and her husband lived in a small house in a green field. They had plenty of food and a good roof over their heads and the

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Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is called Bartleby. It was written by Herman Melville, one of America's best-known writers. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story in Special English. I am an old lawyer and I h

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Charles. It was written by Shirley Jackson. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. The day my son Laurie started going to school, he began wearing blue jeans with a belt. I wat

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Preity Zinta is one of Indias most celebrated actresses. She has appeared in both Bollywood and English-language movies. In addition to acting, she is a writer, stage performer and philanthropist. She is also a businesswoman and co-owns a top Indian

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(MUSIC) Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep ONeal to tell you the story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time. Among the Eskim

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Our story this week is called The God of His Fathers. It was written by Jack London in the year nineteen-oh-one. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. (MUSIC). Storyteller: Silently the wolves circled the herd of caribou deer. Gray bellies close to the

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The old Indian was sitting in the snow. It was Koskoosh, former chief of his tribe. Now all he could do was sit and listen to the others. His eyes were old, he could not see. But his ears were wide open to every sound. Aha, that was the sound of his

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Today we complete the story Benito Cereno written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers and crew. The Captain Benito Cereno

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Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard his ship. It was ready to sail. A bright sun in a soft breeze promised good weather ahead. The ships anchor was raised and the San Dominick, old but still seaworthy, moved slowly out of the harbor of Valparaiso on

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The Palestinian militant group Hamas claim Israeli intelligence agents have targeted a top Palestinian militant in the United Arab Emirates. Hamas has accused Israel of assassinating one of its senior commanders. Speaking in Damascus, Hamas official

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

Cain Surges to Lead in US Republican Presidential Race Georgia businessman Herman Cain is the surprise leader in the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, according to the latest poll. But some political analysts question whether C

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Selwyn(全名:Selwyn Pretorius,1982年出生于Durban, South Africa)是来自于西澳地区,佩斯州的RB歌手。后面大概就是他参加过一个叫 Popstars 2的真人秀,虽然没有进入最后,但是他获得了一份唱片和约。 他的第一支单曲Buggin me'在2001年发行,随后在2002年它发行了

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Kangaroo mother care, it's a technique for mothers to bond with their newborns immediately after delivery. And the name kind of gives away what this is all about. Naked newborns are placed on their mother's bare chest, a little l

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By Jim Malone Washington 13 September 2007 One of the leading contenders for the Republican Party's presidential nomination next year is former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani won praise for his handling of the aftermath of the September

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